diff --git a/cartoframes/auth/credentials.py b/cartoframes/auth/credentials.py
index 9cd61ba68..c02cc76d0 100644
--- a/cartoframes/auth/credentials.py
+++ b/cartoframes/auth/credentials.py
@@ -109,15 +109,25 @@ def session(self, session):
         """Set session"""
         self._session = session
 
+    @property
+    def me_data(self):
+        me_data = {}
+
+        try:
+            me_data = self.get_api_key_auth_client().send(ME_SERVICE, 'get').json()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        return me_data
+
     @property
     def user_id(self):
         """Credentials user ID"""
         if not self._user_id:
             log.debug('Getting `user_id` for {}'.format(self._username))
-            api_key_auth_client = self.get_api_key_auth_client()
 
             try:
-                user_me = api_key_auth_client.send(ME_SERVICE, 'get').json()
+                user_me = self.me_data()
                 user_data = user_me.get('user_data')
                 if user_data:
                     self._user_id = user_data.get('id')
diff --git a/cartoframes/io/carto.py b/cartoframes/io/carto.py
index 8abf343b4..9575eb2a9 100644
--- a/cartoframes/io/carto.py
+++ b/cartoframes/io/carto.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_BYTES = 2000000000  # 2GB
 SAMPLE_ROWS_NUMBER = 100
+CSV_TO_CARTO_RATIO = 1.4
 
 
 @send_metrics('data_downloaded')
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ def read_carto(source, credentials=None, limit=None, retry_times=3, schema=None,
 
 @send_metrics('data_uploaded')
 def to_carto(dataframe, table_name, credentials=None, if_exists='fail', geom_col=None, index=False, index_label=None,
-             cartodbfy=True, log_enabled=True, retry_times=3, max_upload_size=MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_BYTES):
+             cartodbfy=True, log_enabled=True, retry_times=3, max_upload_size=MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_BYTES,
+             skip_quota_warning=False):
     """Upload a DataFrame to CARTO. The geometry's CRS must be WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) so you can use it on CARTO.
 
     Args:
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ def to_carto(dataframe, table_name, credentials=None, if_exists='fail', geom_col
             uses the name of the index from the dataframe.
         cartodbfy (bool, optional): convert the table to CARTO format. Default True. More info
             `here <https://carto.com/developers/sql-api/guides/creating-tables/#create-tables>`.
+        skip_quota_warning (bool, optional): skip the quota exceeded check and force the upload.
+            (The upload will still fail if the size of the dataset exceeds the remaining DB quota).
+            Default is False.
         retry_times (int, optional):
             Number of time to retry the upload in case it fails. Default is 3.
 
@@ -114,6 +119,19 @@ def to_carto(dataframe, table_name, credentials=None, if_exists='fail', geom_col
 
     context_manager = ContextManager(credentials)
 
+    if not skip_quota_warning:
+        me_data = context_manager.credentials.me_data
+        if me_data is not None and me_data.get('user_data'):
+            n = min(SAMPLE_ROWS_NUMBER, len(dataframe))
+            estimated_byte_size = len(dataframe.sample(n=n).to_csv(header=False)) * len(dataframe) \
+                / n / CSV_TO_CARTO_RATIO
+            remaining_byte_quota = me_data.get('user_data').get('remaining_byte_quota')
+
+            if remaining_byte_quota is not None and estimated_byte_size > remaining_byte_quota:
+                raise CartoException('DB Quota will be exceeded. '
+                                     'The remaining quota is {} bytes and the dataset size is {} bytes.'.format(
+                                        remaining_byte_quota, estimated_byte_size))
+
     gdf = GeoDataFrame(dataframe, copy=True)
 
     if index:
diff --git a/tests/unit/io/test_carto.py b/tests/unit/io/test_carto.py
index 2c9cd83fa..ae642f494 100644
--- a/tests/unit/io/test_carto.py
+++ b/tests/unit/io/test_carto.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from shapely.geometry.base import BaseGeometry
 from shapely import wkt
 
+from carto.exceptions import CartoException
 from cartoframes.auth import Credentials
 from cartoframes.io.managers.context_manager import ContextManager
 from cartoframes.io.carto import read_carto, to_carto, copy_table, create_table_from_query
@@ -249,6 +250,54 @@ def test_to_carto(mocker):
     assert norm_table_name == table_name
 
 
+def test_to_carto_quota_warning(mocker):
+    class NoQuotaCredentials(Credentials):
+        @property
+        def me_data(self):
+            return {
+                'user_data': {
+                    'remaining_byte_quota': 0
+                }
+            }
+
+    # Given
+    table_name = '__table_name__'
+    cm_mock = mocker.patch.object(ContextManager, 'copy_from')
+    cm_mock.return_value = table_name
+    df = GeoDataFrame({'geometry': [Point([0, 0])]})
+
+    # Then
+    with pytest.raises(CartoException):
+        to_carto(df, table_name, NoQuotaCredentials('fake_user', 'fake_api_key'))
+
+
+def test_to_carto_quota_warning_skip(mocker):
+    class NoQuotaCredentials(Credentials):
+        @property
+        def me_data(self):
+            return {
+                'user_data': {
+                    'remaining_byte_quota': 0
+                }
+            }
+
+    # Given
+    table_name = '__table_name__'
+    cm_mock = mocker.patch.object(ContextManager, 'copy_from')
+    cm_mock.return_value = table_name
+    df = GeoDataFrame({'geometry': [Point([0, 0])]})
+
+    # When
+    norm_table_name = to_carto(df, table_name, NoQuotaCredentials('fake_user', 'fake_api_key'),
+                               skip_quota_warning=True)
+
+    # Then
+    assert cm_mock.call_args[0][1] == table_name
+    assert cm_mock.call_args[0][2] == 'fail'
+    assert cm_mock.call_args[0][3] is True
+    assert norm_table_name == table_name
+
+
 def test_to_carto_chunks(mocker):
     # Given
     table_name = '__table_name__'